Town of Tewksbury annual report 1917-1925, Part 6

Author: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 978


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FIRE WARDENS BOARD OF SELECTMEN


INSPECTOR OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS HUGH CAMERON


LOCAL AGENT FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE BROWN TAIL AND GIPSY MOTH HARRIS M. BRIGGS


SUPERINTENDENT OF TOWN FARM LINDSAY L. MISTER


FIRE ENGINEERS STANLEY McCAUSLAND, Chief ROBERT J. MARTIN HUGH CAMERON


GEORGE W. CHANDLER AARON OSTERMAN GEORGE E. HOOPER


FOREST FIRE WARDEN HARRIS M. BRIGGS


APPRAISERS JACOB L. BURTT


GEORGE E. MARSHALL ALBION L. FELKER


UNDERTAKERS


FRANK H. FARMER H. LOUIS FARMER


SEXTON GEORGE H. BROWN


JANITOR OF TOWN HALL HENRY MORRIS


REPORT OF TOWN CLERK


BIRTHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF TEWKSBURY FOR THE YEAR 1918


Date of


No. Birth


Name of Child


Names of Parents


1 Jan. 5


Bazman.


Jacob and Fanney


2 Feb. 4


Banton. Walter and Ida


3 Feb. 6


Robert Lewis Pineau. Leonard and Minnie


4 Feb. 14


Frank Earl Livingston.


Frank W. and Augusta M.


5


Feb. 18


Genowefa Obrzut


Wojcuch and Mary


6 Mar. 15


Edward Kelley


William H. and Susie V.


7 May 17


Claude John Travis Claude S. and Catherine


8 May 18


George Moeller Travis Claude S. and Catherine


9 May 28


Virginia Lee Sunbury . Herbert E. and Christine


10


June 2


Pauline Eunice Pickard


Harlin and Endora


11 June 2


Merrila Vena Rouff. Edward and Zella


12 June 6


Brown. Frederick L. and Steffi


13 June 11


Bernard Abgrid Uska Charles and Annie


14 June 19


Elizabeth Goodwin. Walter E. and Marguerite


15 June 29


Arthur William Lanner Carl G. and Benedicta Frederick Francis Meloy ... Frederick F. and Mabel M. Bernice Moore ... . Joseph and Margaret


19 July 30


Eleene Gertrude Scott.


. James J. and Mary


20 July 31


Bredenberg


Gunnar and Olga


21 Aug. 10


Joseph Oliver Gervais.


Alphonse and Georgiana.


22 Aug. 19


Dorothy Alice Pike. .


.Daniel P. and Alice A.


23 Aug. 24


24 Sept. 12


Marion Elizabeth Fitzgerald. . Justin F. and Blanche A .. Ernest and Esther Louis William Dickson


25 Sept. 16


Charles R. Wilson. John and Ella


26 Oct. 24


Loretta May Manley Thomas J. and Ella S.


27 Nov. 13


Dorothy May Roper. Chester M. and Dorothy M. Benson. . Carl A. and Hilda


28


Dec. 1


29 Dec. 6 Bernard Francis Scott. Daniel J. and Katherine


30 Dec. 11


Alfred Francis Marion. . Louise and Alphonise


Attest :


PETER W. CAMERON,


Town Clerk.


16 June 29


17 July 26


18 July 27


Harold Thomas Stanton. Edward M. and Florence


(7)


MARRIAGES RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF TEWKSBURY FOR THE YEAR 1918


No. Marriage


Name


Residence


1 Jan. 6 Fred R. Hacker. . Tewksbury, Mass.


Ameliy Ribrulur. Tewksbury, Mass.


2 Jan. 12 Walter E. Pike. Andover, Mass.


Cynthia E. Flint. Andover, Mass.


3 Feb. 2 Raymond S. Fox. Tewksbury, Mass. Anna M. Morrisy .Lowell, Mass.


4 Feb. 23 Harry W. Patterson.


Tewksbury, Mass.


Mildred N. Pringle. Lowell, Mass.


5 Feb. 25 George W. Chandler


Tewksbury, Mass.


Lillian F. Smith.


.. Lowell, Mass.


6 Mar. 30 Frank C .Martin. Tewksbury, Mass.


Everly E. Sanford. Tewksbury, Mass.


1- Apr.


4 James Hepburn


Annie Shepherd. Lowell, Mass.


8 Apr. 21 James F. Hill. Camp Devins, Mass.


Anna O. Benson . Tewksbury, Mass.


9 May 18 John Palarino. Tewksbury, Mass.


Concetta Lagurido .. Boston, Mass. Henry I. Cote Tewksbury, Mass.


Marie Eva Larivee. Lowell, Mass.


11


June


4 Joseph Vaillancourt Lowell, Mass.


12


June 11 George J. Winston. Mabel McCabe Haverhill, Mass.


13 June 29 Elwyn H. Dau. Arlington, N. J.


Elizabeth (Pike) Dickson.


Tewksbury, Mass.


14 July 4 Romulus Clermont


.. Lowell, Mass.


15 July 15 David J. Williams


Mary A. Sullivan.


. . Nashua, N. H.


16 Aug. 10 Herbert H. Clatur


Tewksbury, Mass.


Annie C. Cameron. Tewksbury, Mass.


17 Aug. 24 Arthur F. Kinsman. Wilmington, Mass. Mary A. Bancroft. . Tewksbury, Mass.


18 Oct. 24 Thomas J. Manley Tewksbury, Mass.


Ella S. Sawyer .. Tewksbury, Mass.


19 Oct. 26 William L. McCoy Tewksbury, Mass. Florence M. Williams Tewksbury, Mass.


20 Nov. 6 Ferriccio Coacct Boston, Mass.


Ersiglia Bougarsome. Tewksbury, Mass.


21 Nov. 16 Frederick A. Osterman Tewksbury, Mass.


Mabel G. Trevors. Lowell, Mass.


Attest : PETER W. CAMERON,


Town Clerk.


(8)


. Tewksbury, Mass.


Veneranec Cote. . Tewksbury, Mass.


Delia Kelliher


Lowell, Mass.


.Tewksbury, Mass.


10 May 27


Tewksbury, Mass.


Date of


DEATHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF TEWKSBURY FOR THE YEAR 1918


Date of


No. Death


Yrs.


Mths.


Dys.


1 Jan. 15


Louise A. Staples


78


1


5


2


Feb. 3 John Clark.


46


3 Feb. 10 Eugene P. Messer.


69


3


5


5 Feb. 15


William D. Taylor


44


4


26


6 Mar. 27 Olive Martin. .


11


8


-


7


Apr. 12


George E. Fitzgerald.


74


1


19


8 June 15


Clarence E. Clark.


45


9


2


9 June 22


Josephine M. Briggs


68


10


10


July 14


Eugenia C. Leith.


51


11


12


July 19


Louise Marion


70


8


25


14


Aug. 26


Lelind S. Goodwin


13


11


3


15


Sept. 1


Malcolm A. Labor


6


16


Sept. 5


Ruth P. Trent.


96


7


17


Sept. 7


Thaddeus E. Smith.


2


7


6


18


Sept. 16


John J. Young.


55


19


Sept. 20


Charles R. Wilson.


27


1


21


21


Sept. 24


Ada L. Twitchell.


76


22


Sept. 26


Mary A. Goodwin


45


7


4


23


Oct. 6 Berthe Perry


19


10


5


24


Oct. 6


Martha W. Shedd.


96


10


11


25


Oct. 13


Andrew Kazekevich


42


11


22


26


Oct. 14


Marie D'Amour


42


27


Oct. 30


Laura A. Dunham


46


28


Nov. 9 Malbina Kemp


29


11


29


29


Nov. 30


Margaret McDermott


71


30


Dec. 2 Phillip McGovern


75


4


1


Attest :


PETER W. CAMERON,


Town Clerk.


4


Feb. 14


Elizabeth F. Latour.


48


-


-


13


July 22


Luther S. Twiss.


83


3 col


20


Sept. 21


Harold L. Marshall.


-


-


-


(9)


RECAPITULATION


Births registered 1918. 30


Male


17


Female 13


Marriages registered 1918.


21


Deaths registered 1918.


32


Male


15


Female


17


Received and paid over to the County Treasurer four hundred three dollars eighty cents ($403.80) for dog licenses.


The Town Clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish parents, householders, physicians and midwives, applying therefor, with blanks for return of births as required by law.


ASSESSORS' REPORT


The Assessors of the Town of Tewksbury submit the following report :


Value of land, exclusive of buildings, April 1, 1918. $ 777,425.00


Value of buildings, exclusive of land, April 1, 1918. 1,332,015.00


Value of personal property, April 1, 1918. 665,386.00


Total valuation, April 1, 1918. $2,774,826.00


Supplementary valuation, Dec. 10 to 20, 1918 6,760.00


Total valuation for 1918. . $2,781,586.00


Total valuation for 1917. 2.701,568.00


Net increase in valuation $ 80,018.00


Amount raised for :


State Tax $ 4,510.00


State Highway Tax.


1,237.20


$ 5.747.20


County Tax


2,235.06


Schools


15,520.19


Repairs at Foster School.


1,000.00


16,520.19


Highways 6,950.00


(10)


Andover Street Repairs


4,442.50


11.392.50


Incidentals


2,500.00


Street Lighting


3,150.00


Town Farm


600.00


Library


500.00


Police


700.00


Board of Health.


200.00


Stationery and Printing.


600.00


Salaries


2,500.00


Park Commission


75.00


Tree Warden


100.00


Aid to the Poor.


1,200.00


Fire Department


800.00


Care of Fire Truck.


1,200.00


Payment and Interest on Fire Truck Loan. .


1,040.00


Memorial Day


150.00


Sidewalk on Main Street


300.00


Suppression of Moths.


1,080.40


Overlayings


877.90


53,468.25


Less Cash in Treasury


2,522.34


Less Income Tax Return.


1,911.42


4.433.76


Balance Assessed


$49,034.49


Moth Assessment on Private Property as


furnished by Superintendent.


$707.38


Rate of taxation, $17.30.


Number of polls, 519.


Table of Aggregates


Number of Acres of Land 12,003


Houses


751


Horses


211


Cows


570


Neat Cattle


63


Sheep


3


Swine


64


Fowls


4.233


2,051


Total number of taxpayers


(11)


Schedule of Town Property


School Buildings and Land. $31,000.00


Personal Property, School Department. 2,000.00


Town Hall and Lot.


1,500.00


Library Building and Lot.


3,000.00


Public Library .


4,000.00


Town Farm and Buildings


9,600.00


Personal Property at Town Farm


5,743.60


Receiving Tomb


500.00


Town Lot, Centre Cemetery


50.00


Town Barn, Shed and Land, Highway Department .


1,025.00


Personal Property, Highway Department.


2,605.00


Barge and Sleigh.


250.00


Gravel Land, Waters


50.00


Gravel Land, Cole.


500.00


Public Parks


2,000.00


Cemeteries


1,000.00


Personal Property, Moth Department


1,730.88


Lamp Posts and Fixtures, Lighting Department


1,200.00


Personal Property, Fire Department


3,500.00


Lot on Pringle Street.


50.00


Forest Fire Wagon, Extinguishers and Supplies.


250.00


Land and Buildings, Fire Department.


1,200.00


Total


$72,854.48


Exempt Property


First Congregational Church, etc.


$15,900.00


First Baptist Church, etc.


11,800.00


Oblate Fathers, O. M. I ..


33,800.00


St. Peter's and St. Paul's Society


60.00


South Tewksbury Methodist Mission, etc.


550.00


Total


$62,110.00


BUZZELL KING, ALBERT C. BLAISDELL, WILLIAM T. LEWIS,


Board of Assessors.


(12)


AUDITOR'S REPORT


HIGHWAYS Receipts


Balance Jan. 1st, 1918 $


68.28


Appropriation


4,500.00


Transferred from Oiling Road Account 1,200.00


M. K. Fuller, for horse ..


125.00


Thomas Sidilinker, use of teams.


63.77


Henry Morris, use of teams.


80.63


H. M. Larrabee, use of teams.


7.00


F. H. Farmer, use of teams


10.00


A. S. Haines, use of teams.


10.00


Incidental Account, use of teams


11.00


Mark Roper, use of teams and manure.


270.93


Wm. Jones, for manure.


21.00


James Chandler, for dynamite.


.60


H. A. Page, for dynamite.


8.00


A. M. Shedd, for grain.


5.80


A. C. Tingley, for manure.


3.50


U. S. Bunting Co., teaming cinders


17.50


Jas. Clancy, use of horse


1.00


H. J. Robinson, for stone.


1.00


John Brown, use of telephone


.20


$6,405.21


EXPENDITURES Labor and Teams


John Brown


$950.03


Roland Robinson


185.49


Carroll Edgecomb


633.50


A. M. Shedd.


30.00


Louis Gibbons


225.00


Harry Grant


149.00


Patrick Clancy


342.00


James Tansey


810.37


Award Labor


90.00


Fred Goodwin


2.50


Walter Gibbons


6.00


3,423.89


Hay and Grain


Wm. Livingston


1,019.08


J. B. Cover


23.68


D. A. Mace.


109.00


Fred Scarlett


43.12


Charles Finerty


7.00


D. W. Seaver.


73.75


C. Brooks Stevens.


126.00


1,401.63


(13)


Shoeing and Repairing


Guy H. Clark.


$ 51.35


J. L. Fleming. . . 84.10


J. L. Williamson.


6.00


Henry Reynolds


11.00


A. S. Haines


113.75


$266.20


Breaking Roads


F. H. Farmer


$58.00


M. K. Fuller.


13.50


C. W. Parsons


17.00


P. L. Haines.


3.00


A. L. Felker


24.35


Jesse Kemp


3.00


Irving French


7.50


$126.35


Tools and Supplies


Donovan Harness Co., supplies.


$154.70


Bartlett & Dow, supplies ..


22.29


Daniel P. Byam, sled.


38.00


Geo. A. Norris, filing saws


.65


W. E. Adams, posts.


9.60


Edward Cawley, cement ..


2.40


Dr. W. A. Sherman, services


3.00


Swift, MeNutt Co., lumber


45.00


Rockwood Rice, gravel.


12.80


Albert Trull, gravel ..


7.40


James Chambers, gravel.


5.70


Patrick O'Neil, gravel.


24.10


Dennis Long, gravel ..


22.00


Perfection Mfg. Co., supplies


2.94


New England Road Machinery Co., scraper


185.00


New England Telephone Co., telephone. .


22.09


Lowell Gas Light Co., gas ..


10.68


A. B. Moore, supplies ..


9.36


American Express Co., charges


.40


$578.11


Total receipts


6,405.21


Total expenditures


5,796.18


Unexpended balance


$ 609.03


Schools Receipts


Appropriation $15,520.19


Reimbursements from the State:


Acct. of High School Tuition. 1,485.20


Acct. of Tuition of State Children. 39.00


(14)


Acct. of Transportation of High School Pupils 546.06


Acct. of Industrial School.


47.50


Acct. of Supervision. 375.00


C. L. Randall, use of telephone


22.24


C. L. Randall, for material sold.


13.20


H. L. Trull, for material sold.


36.10


Ernest Dodge, for car tickets


4.80


James Dodge, for tuition.


40.00


F. F. Spaulding, for car tickets.


1.19


F. F. Spaulding, use of hall.


10.00


Edward Walsh, use of hall.


10.00


Congregational Church, use of hall.


33.00


U. S. Government, interest on Liberty Bond.


13.41


Public Library, coal and wood.


24.55


$18,221.44


Expenditures, Teachers


Ella E. Fleming


$762.00


Gladys Arnold


582.00


Elizabeth Dowles


502.00


Hazel Weinbeck


521.50


Elizabeth Flynn


617.00


Nettie L. Eagles


578.00


Annie M. Wylie


472.50


Mirian Wiggin


489.00


Ethel Hadley


492.00


Lydia Hopkins


300.00


Eva L. Hersey.


204.00


Margaret J. Carney


219.00


Mildred Brennon


96.00


Ruth H. Nourse.


105.00


Lena Coburn


69.00


Frances Cameron


72.00


Edmund Alger


96.00


Ethel Greenleaf


7.50


Myrtle Rooney


2.50


Bertha Hook


2.50


Alice Duffy


57.50


Theresa Glynn


15.00


Edith Merchant


22.50


Lottie McMaster


2.00


Marion Bolton


4.00


Ruth Hathaway


5.00


Katharine O'Donnell


2.50


Mildred Libbey


15.00


$6,313.00


Fuel and Janitors


Geo. F. Garland, janitor.


$ 986.42


T. E. Painter, janitor. 361.26


168.00


John Moore, janitor.


(15)


Mrs. M. Anderson, janitor.


168.00


Thomas Gledhill, janitor.


8.00


Lowell Gas Light Co., gas.


41.42


Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity .


17.25


F. H. Farmer, coke.


11.72


F. H. Farmer, teaming coal


75.64


John F. French, wood.


30.00


Harry P. Nash, wood.


22.00


Charles Lajoie, coal.


151.57


Horne Coal Co., coal.


1,293.72


Walter L. Hale, coal


5.40


E. A. Wilson Co., coal


21.60


Frank L. Eames, coal


12.75


Geo. W. Trull, wood.


20.00


F. I. Carter, wood.


30.00


$3,424.75


Transportation


Frank H. Farmer, driving barge.


$531.00


Thomas Sawyer, driving barge.


508.00


Bay State Railway Co., tickets. .


860.40


Guy H. Clark, repairs on barge.


5.00


John L. Fleming, repairs on barge


111.28


$2,015.68


Supervision


Charles L. Randall


$742.50


Medical Inspection


Dr. H. M. Larrabee


$100.00


Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement Fund


Mass. Retirement Board.


$129.50


Tuition


City of Lowell, High School ..


$2,044.83


City of Lowell, Vocational School. 282.50


$2,327.33


Books and Supplies


Ella E. Flemings


$ 1.00


Miriam Wiggin


2.53


Ervin E. Smith Co ..


56.96


Edward E. Babb & Co.


108.03


Kenney Bros. & Wolkins


41.40


Kershaw's Music Store


4.14


Houghton, Mifflin Co


30.20


A. G. Pollard Co.


77.59


H. I. Dallman Co.


40.50


J. L. Hammett Co.


333.89


(16)


$948.55


School Houses


Geo. A. Norris, repairs


$ 35.80


A. B. Moore, supplies. . .


17.40


Geo. F. Garland, paid for supplies


1.00


T. E. Painter, paid for supplies


.25


E. A. Wilson & Co., cement.


.88


Ervin E. Smith Co., supplies


110.58


S. R. McIntosh, supplies.


6.33


Bennett Bros. Co., repairs.


139.44


Bon Marche Co., supplies.


2.73


F. F. Spaulding, paid for supplies


8.55


Thomas Johnson, repairs.


74.82


Scannell Boiler Works, repairs. .


39.30


W. A. Mack, repairs.


47.95


Robinson & Foster, repairs


123.09


J. J. Fitzgerald, painting.


1.50


Martin Anderson, repairs and cleaning


8.50


Hobson & Lawler, repairs.


46.38


Whittier Wooden Ware Co., supplies


5.00


J. L. Chalifoux Co., rugs


2.20


Eliza Miller, water.


10.00


Robertson Co., furniture.


51.00


Millard F. Wood, clock and repairs.


8.50


Mass. Reformatory for Women, flags


44.95


Davis & Sargent Lumber Co., lumber


20.04


R. H. Anderson, painting. .


26.25


Thompson Hardware Co., supplies.


.44


J. M. Clancy, repairs.


15.08


Matthias F. Connor, repairs.


212.00


Hopkinson & Holden, supplies


3.75


Enoch Foster, gravel.


1.50


H. W. Tarbell, labor.


35.08


Limburg Co., cleaning furnaces


41.00


Row, Peterson & Co.


5.58


Mrs. F. Brown ..


1.25


S. R. McIntosh. 4.11


D. C. Heath & Co


16.31


Scott, Forseman & Co.


43.70


MacMillan Co.


14.64


Silver, Burdett & Co.


2.48


Milton, Bradley Co ..


37.14


Buckland Printing Co.


2.50


Ginn & Co ..


63.10


F. W. Woolworth Co.


.60


American Book Co.


30.64


Little, Brown & Co.


8.20


Riverside Press


10.31


F. F. Spaulding


5.07


Butterfield Printing Co.


... 6.68


(17)


W. H. Folsom, supplies


5.00


Milo D. Clay, painting .


318.09


B. F. Crosby Co., repairs.


31.56


Ralph Sawyer, repairs.


4.65


Carroll Bros., repairs.


46.63


James Whittet, repairs.


30.00


Geo. A. Hill, installing fire aların.


20.00


A. S. Haines, labor on fire escape


72.25


H. L. Trull, paid for cleaning


4.50


Mrs. Geo. Garland, cleaning


12.00


C. B. Coburn Co., supplies. .


7.34


F. H. Farmer, cleaning cesspool .


1.00


.


$1,694.31


Miscellaneous


New England Telephone Co., telephone. $ 32.25


A. B. Moore, teaming and freight charges. 7.09


F. H. Farmer, labor and teaming


9.50


Edith A. Foristall, taking census


40.00


Edith A. Foristall, advertising


3.43


Lowell Telegram, advertising


1.50


Lowell Sun, advertising


1.35


C. L. Randall, expenses


28.69


H. L. Trull, expenses.


3.00


J. L. Fleming, insurance


325.59


F. C. Church, insurance.


49.90


Henry Morris, teaming and freight charges


2.92


Nelson Huntley, diplomas.


7.00


A. W. Greely, tuning piano.


2.50


Irving F. French, teaming water


8.50


Anthony Kelley, police duty.


2.00


$525.22


Total receipts


$18,221.44


Total bills paid.


18,220.84


Unexpended balance


.60


Amount of bills on hand unpaid.


$1,189.75


Stationery and Printing


Balance Jan. 1st, 1918. $ 12.19


600.00


$612.19


Expenditures


Wm. Speke & Co., stationery


$ 19.30


Hobbs & Warren, blanks.


11.92


Fred A. Lowell, poll lists.


20.00


Dumas & Co., books.


10.07


A. T. Howard Co., blanks


6.50


(18)


Appropriation


A. J. Fairgrieve, stationery and stamps 67.06


G. C. Prince & Son, book. . .. .90


Courier-Citizen Co., advertising . 30.26


Butterfield Printing Co., town reports and war- rants


283.00


A. W. Brownell, blanks.


2.75


E. W. Bailey, stamps


8.00


Carter Ink Co., ink.


1.25


H. C. Kittredge, supplies.


6.43


Wakefield Daily Item, supplies.


9.65


Irving F. French, paid for stamps


,50


Harry L. Shedd, paid for stamps


1.00


John J. Young, paid for stamps.


1.00


American Express Co., charges on supplies. ...


.68


$480.27


Unexpended balance


$131.92


Salaries


Balance Jan. 1st, 1918.


$ 24.08


Appropriation 2,500.00


$2,524.08


Expenditures


Irving F. French, selectman and overseer


$ 200.00


John J. Young, selectman and overseer .. 125.00


Harry L. Shedd, selectman and overseer 150.00


Albert C. Blaisdell, assessor


110.00


Buzzell King, assessor.


177.50


Wm. T. Lewis, assessor.


177.50


Eugene N. Patterson, treasurer.


200.00


James W. Miller, auditor.


200.00


Geo. Stevens, highway commissioner


100.00


Henry Morris, janitor town hall.


100.00


Herbert L. Trull, school committee.


50.00


Franklin F. Spaulding, school committee


50.00


Mrs. H. M. Larrabee, school committee.


50.00


Peter W. Cameron, town clerk ..


150.00


Peter W. Cameron, clerk of registrars


30.00


A. B. Moore, registrar of voters.


20.00


Dennis J. O'Connell, registrar of voters.


20.00


Geo. A. Marshall, registrar of voters, 1917-18.


40.00


James C. Marshall, election officer


15.00


Austin French, election officer


15.00


E. H. King, election officer


15.00


Wm. Kelley, election officer .


15.00


$2,010.00


Unexpended balance


$ 514.08


(19)


STREET LIGHTING


Balance Jan. 1st, 1918 $ 4.22


Appropriation 3,000.00


.25


$3,004.47


Expenditures


Lowell Gas Light Co., gas $ 353.82


A. B. Moore, supplies. .


416.74


Lowell Electric Light Corp., lights


1,014.87


F. H. Farmer, setting posts.


3.25


Robertson Co., supplies.


7.15


Thompson Hardware Co., supplies.


21.84


Laurence E. Lynch, labor.


613.25


Ellsworth Sunbury, labor


211.00


Frank Johnson, labor


29.60


Robert Scott, labor ..


25.34


Thomas Garside, labor


83.35


Ralph McQuade, labor


46.74


Leo McKillop, labor.


5.50


Daniel McKillop, labor.


66.00


Geo. R. Gerrish, labor


10.00


Globe Gas Light Co., supplies


.


69.00


Standard Oil Co., oil. .


18.50


C. B. Coburn Co., supplies.


3.60


American Express, express charges.


4.05


Boston & Maine R. R., freight charges.


1.07


Overdrawn


Debit of outstanding bills estimated


75.00


AID, STATE AND MILITARY


Paid for aid. to be reimbursed by the State ... . .


$852.00


INSANE AND POOR


Balance Jan. 1st, 1918.


$ 550.09


Appropriation


1,200.00


Com. of Mass., reimbursements


753.00


Paid for aid to poor.


2,507.36


Overdrawn


$ 1.27


MOTH ACCOUNT, JAN. 1st to DEC. 1st, 1918


Balance Jan. 1st, 1918.


$966.82


Com. of Mass., reimbursement a/c street work .. 736.34


Com. of Mass., reimbursement a/c State high- way work


134.28


(20)


$3,004.67 $ .20


$2,503.09


Leo. McKillop, refund


Wm. Livingston, reimbursement for private work . .


26.00


J. L. Robertson, reimbursement for private work 11.77


Daniel Mace, reimbursement for private work .. 7.34


$1,882.55


Expenditures


Harris M. Briggs, superintendent


$ 900.01


C. E. Sweatt, labor


231.00


Wm. Rouff, labor.


138.77


Ben Stlamak, labor


86.50


Manter E. Garland, labor


148.00


Harry Coombs, labor


145.90


Geo. Labonte, labor 155.75


Fred Voakes, labor


52.50


John D. Purdy, labor


2.50


Edward Rouff, labor


183.12


Maurice Maguire, labor


128.63


A. B. Moore, supplies. .40


203.50


Guy H. Clark, repairs.


1.00


Wm. Speke & Co., stationery.


3.25


Wm. E. Briggs, labor.


21.00


American Express Co., charges


2.13


H. Louis Farmer, gasoline.


41.86


Manter E. Garland, use of team.


6.00


New England Electric Supply Co., supplies.


3.57


Middlesex Machine Co., supplies


.64


WV. H. Landers, use of team.


37.97


$2,494.00


Less amount charged to private work


611.45


$1,882.55


MOTH ACCOUNT DEC. 1st, 1918, TO JAN. 1st, 1919


Town's liability


$1,109.93


Expenditures


Harris M. Briggs, superintendent.


$77.00


Geo. Labonte, labor ..


73.50


A. S. Haines, repairs.


2.00


152.50


Unexpended balance


$957.43


TREE WARDEN


Balance Jan. 1st, 1918


$125.82


Appropriaation


100.00


$225.82


(21)


F. H. Farmer, use of teams.


Expenditures


A. B. Moore, supplies. $ 2.25


S. R. McIntosh, supplies.


7.50


Wm. Speke Co., stationery.


2.75


C. B. Coburn Co., sulphur


13.75


Harris M. Briggs, labor.


73.40


Harris M. Briggs, use of auto


24.00


C. E. Sweatt, labor.


3.00


Manter E. Garland, labor


2.50


Geo. Labonte, labor.


3.50


Maurice Maguire, labor.


6.80


F. M. Haskell, supplies.


3,50


Boutwell Bros., supplies


7.56


Nap. D. Lafleur, supplies


. .


$158.72


Unexpended balance


$ 67.10


PUBLIC LIBRARY


Balance Jan. 1st, 1918


$ 59.33


Appropriation


500.00


County Treasurer, dog tax.


366.51


Irene Miller, cards and fines.


3.00


Abbie M. Blaisdell, cards and fines


5.25


$934.09


Expenditures


Abbie M. Blaisdell, librarian.


$126.00


Abbie M. Blaisdell, paid express and supplies. ..


2.49


Irene Miller, assistant librarian.


56.25


Ruth Cameron, assistant librarian.


13.00


Wm. Smtih, labor 31.00


Lowell Gas Light Co., gas.


22.00


G. C. Prince & Son, cabinet.


7.10


Butterfield Printing Co., supplies.


10.50


American Express Co., charges.


4.02


Library Bureau, slips.


2.49


Kate Folsom, expenses.


14.00


School Dept., coal and wood.


24.55


De Wolfe & Fiske Co., books.


447.37


Mrs. M. A. Wilson, magazines


30.75


Wm. H: Lee, teaming books.


87.50


$879.02


Unexpended balance


$ 55.07


(22)


8.21


BOARD OF HEALTH


Balance Jan. 1st, 1918. 5.21


Appropriation 200.00


$205.28


Expenditures


Dr. H. M. Larrabee, services


$90.00


F. & E. Bailey Co., supplies


6.10


C. D. Dodge Co., supplies.


29.53


$125.63


Unexpended balance


$ 79.58


POLICE


Balance Jan. 1st, 1918


$ 35.50


Appropriation


700.00


City of Lowell, court fines.


37.00


P. W. Cameron, license fees


. 89.50


862.00


Expenditures


F. H. Farmer, services.


$430.60


P. J. O'Neil, services. .


126.50


Anthony G. Kelley, services


186.37


W. H. Alexander, services.


26.07


Geo. E. Hooper, Jr., services


50.13


City of Lowell, use of jail.


8.00


John P. Carter, use of auto.


5.00


Fred M. Carter, use of auto


5.00


. ...


$837.67


Unexpended balance


$ 24.33


PARKS AND COMMONS


Balance Jan. 1st, 1918


$26.20


Appropriation


75.00


$101.20


Expenditures


Bartlett & Dow, rope ...


$12.89


Geo. E. Hibbard, repairs on lawn mower.


1.50


$14.39


Unexpended balance. $86.81


INTEREST


Balance Jan. 1st, 1918. $214.60


Union National Bank, interest on deposits. 104.41


(23)


.


1 211,12 12/


34


66


6 2


M. G. Rogers, interest collected on outstanding taxes


558.51


Paid Central Savings Bank, interest on notes ...


Overdrawn


$ 338.32


FIRE DEPARTMENT


Balance Jan. 1st, 1918. Appropriation


2,000.00


S. W. McCausland, use of telephone.


1.65


$2,002.41


Expenditures


$19.51526


Stanley W. McCausland, chief.


FZ|$1.014.62


Lowell Co-operative Association, coal.


$28.30-


E. A. Wilson Co., coal.


4920480


Horne Coal Co., coal ..


9.30


F. H. Farmer, use of teams and sand.


426.75


Boston Auto Supply Co., supplies.


6.10


Guy H. Clark, repairs


2.00


New England Telephone Co., telephone.


23.78


Lowell Storage Battery Station, supplies.


2.50


Middlesex Machine Co., supplies


.52


Gurry Bros., supplies.


12.00


Wm. Speke Co., fire cards.


4.50


H. L. Farmer, gasoline.


2.80


A. B. Moore, supplies


10.15


A. B. Moore, cement


37.50


E. Willard, labor


2.50


W. J. Robinson, labor


3.25


C. E. Foster, labor.


3.25


F. Twitchell, labor


2.50


Thomas MeHugh, labor.


3.60


Geo. David, labor


1.65


Geo. E. Hooper, Jr., labor


6.10


H. M. Briggs, labor


9.00


W. E. Briggs, labor.


7.60


M. Maguire, labor


7.60


Dubuque Bros., use of auto


15.00


H. M. Briggs, use of auto


4.50


E. J .Walsh, use of auto.


1.50


E. J. Walsh, bell for truck and labor


10.75


W. E. Roberts, teaming coal.


6.00


Avery Chemical Co., acid.


4.56


Fairgrieve & Co., gasoline and supplies


47.30


Kissel Car Co., repairs ..


15.27


Boston Armature Works, repairs


5.00


(24)


62 52 10 5 5226


20


R. S. McCausland, teaming coal.


2.50


20.13266


Thomas C. McCausland, relief work.


$ 2.76


$ 877.527 2 1,215.84 12


L. A. Derby & Co., repairs.


25.56


American Lafrance, stoppers.


1.75


New England Electrical Sig. Co., torch.


4.85


City Hall Garage, batteries.


1.60


Mr. Tracy, replacing coat burnt at fire.


15.00


E. J. Burns, replacing coat burnt at fire


21.00


N. D. Lafleur, glass


4.55


F. M. Bill, soda.


28.00


Lowell Fire Department, donation.


75.00


Billerica Fire Department, donation


75.00


$1,607.29


Unexpended balance


$ 395.12


TOWN FARM


Superintendent 's receipts


$5.162.22


Appropriation


600.00


$5,762.22


Expenditures


Donovan Harness Co., supplies


$ 13.85


Bartlett & Dow, supplies.


1.50


New England Telephone Co., telephone


25.87


A. B. Moore, groceries and grain.


496.58


Lowell Electric Light Corp., electricity


9.42


Ervin E. Smith Co., supplies


25.20


Bennett Bros. Co., repairs.


28.79


Robinson & Foster, repairs


156.36


Hobson & Lawler, repairs and pipe


22.73


Robertson & Co., supplies.


52.65


Davis & Sargent Co., shingles.


11.50


Thompson Hardware Co., supplies


.75


Lowell Sun, advertising


.33


J. L. Fleming, repairs. .


62.33


G. C. Prince & Son, stationery.


2.50


Boston & Maine R. R., freight charges




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